Improvement in chimneys



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IMPROVEMENT IN GHIMNEYS.

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Be it known that I, EBENEZER S. PIIELPS, Jr., of Wyanet, in the 'county of Bureau, and State of- Illinois, `have invented a new and useful Improvement in Chimneys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, `forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a fron't elevation of my invention. Figure 2 is a transverse section of thesame, through the line z :vof tig. ,1, Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures. This invention relates to chimneys used-in connection with stoves or furnaces, and consists in providing Va new support and means of cleaning such chimneys. The means for supporting and'cleaning the chimney areA combined in a metallic bottom, upon which the chimney rests. p The soot falls into a'drawer -provided for theirV l purpose, which can be removed whenever ithecomes necessary to clean the chimney. p p In order that others skilled in the art to which my invention appe'rtains may be enabled to make andlnse the same, I will proceed to describe `it in detail. g

In the drawings, D represents the chimney resting upon the metallic bottom A C. In this bottom'slides an iron drawer, B, of'such width and length-asta fill the inside ofthe ue, of whatever size the latter may be, and about six inches in height. The. whole drawer may be of cast iron,tor the front may he of cast and thc sides and bottom of sheet' iron. The lower part, A, of the east-iron bottom encloses the draw-er B, and is justof suiliient dimensions to permit the drawer to slide freely'in and outycxtending` to within about twoinches on each` side-of the outside of the'brickm'ork of the chimney; thence siding up the height of th'e drawer, six inches;

thence projecting ont on each side about three inches, (two inches of this for th'e brick to rest upon,) and pro..

jccting beyond the bricks from three-fourths of an inch to an inch, to support the plaster and form asmall bead or moulding projecting beyond the plaster. Four-courses of brick are left out at thlbettom of the chimney, on

the front side, in building it, and over this is placedia face-plate, C, having a thimble or`stove-pipe hole, c. Perpendicular and horizontal header mouldings may be made along the `edges of the face-plate toK correspond with those onl 4the sides of the chimney above described. In the bottom thusconstructed, the lower part Av will be of smaller dimensions than the upper part. Its'sides are intended to come directly under the centre ofthe brick walls of the chimney, the upper part at n a projecting over the lower part three inches in each direction, except on the front, `where thc whole is Hush. Suitable mouldings or brackets e e may be placed under the x projections on the sides. Two inches from thebackredge of thel chimney is an upright partition, corresponding with the sides on which the chimney sits, and forming an air-space, F, preventing the heat from affecting the wood-work behind the chimney, and forming the' back wall of the lower part of the ironibottom, against which4` the drawer B slides. Under the whole are cast-iron brackets E E, having a shoulder, e', on the 'lower end, that sits on the cross-stud F 1ct into the upright studs G G, and spiked firmly to them. To another cross-stud, H, at the top, let in and spiked to the upright studs G G, the brackets are to be bolted firmly with athreeeighth or half-inch bolt in each bracket.- On the top of the bracket a dowel-pin may be provided, entering a hole or slot in the bottom, A, to hold the cast-iron bottom from the brackets. There should be a ledge on the edge ofthe drawer-front, that will shut tightly all around outside of the drawer against the bottom, A, and a knob or handle to take out the drawer when it isdesired to empty it.

When .constructed as above described, so that the upright walls of the lower part A of the bottom will come directly underthe middle of the brick-work ofthe chimney-walls, the chimney will project inward over the edges i i of the drawer from one to one and one-half inch, lthus emptying all soot, ashes, 8vo., directly into the drawer.

The' face-plate C being ilush with thclfront of the chimney, the' stove-pipe should not beallowed' to project in` through it more than an inch. In this way it maybe so situated that water cannot drop upon it and be conducted outside of thechimney-front. n

Having thus described my invention, what I `claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The device above described, consisting of the iron box A. and drawer B, constructed and 4arranged as shown, when used in combination with the chimney D, substantially in the manner and for the purposes specified.

To the above specification of my improvement, I have signed my hand, this 27th day of May 1867. E. s. PHELPS, Jn.

Witnesses:

VALLEN Monsn, l JAcoB ORITZMAN. y i .i 

